HH bug got me ... Part One!

[seven crows]

Nice informative video ,thanks!

[bulldog18]

Good video, has me reconsidering a back quiver.

[Nate Steen .]

just kidding on the longbow orders guys.  Not taking any right now....

[Nate Steen .]

canopyboy,

keep at it....the Hill style is unique and worth learning to shoot a Hill style longbow well.  Those who say it doesn't matter how you shoot them don't shoot them well or very long. That's a fact.

some fellas just fall into shooting them well, while other fellas need to work at it for awhile.  Mudd's Hillstyle form is getting real good, he's improving bunches and his groups are getting tight, and it's feeling alot more natural to him now....because it's a natural way of shooting.

don't get discouraged....us Hill fanatics don't want anyone to recover from the Hill virus....lol

[canopyboy]

Thanks Nate.

Like I said, I'm giving myself a whole year.  Things keep getting better, but it is like learning to shoot again in some ways.  And of course like anything else, some days are worse than others and then I follow it up with some great groups or a single shot that felt great and deadcentered the target point.

But the thread has helped, both from an encouragement standpoint (although it also has its discouraging posts) and for pointers.  Thanks to all.

-Dave

[Ben Maher]

Ya had me excited there for a minute Nate ...

[ChrisM]

Ok now that we have the back quiver think kinda sorted, lets talk about shooting glove.  Currently I am using a 3 rivers Dura Glove and was wondering if there would be an advantage to the hill style glove.  I have never used one but am interested.  I however am worried about not being able to feel the string but would they give a smoother release?

[David Mitchell]

ChrisM....I have tried over and over to like a glove, but I simply cannot manage to do it!  I anchor with my index finger on a canine tooth--with a glove all I feel is a big old wad of leather in the corner of my mouth.  I've tried just about all of them and always end up selling them at a loss.   :(   I always wonder why I just don't give it up and stay with the tabs that work so well for me.  You know, "If it ain't broke don't fix it"       I think I've finally decided to do that.

[petertschantz]

I'm about to go back and read this whole thread. My first Hill, a Big 5, will be here next week!

Pete

[ChrisM]

David I have tried about three tabs and even gave one a month and I just can't use one worth a dang mine usually ended up violently disposed of out of discust.

[Blueridge]

Peter good for you, you will be shooting more arrows than you ever have! Good luck with it
I prefer a glove over a tab. I seem to have more control/feeling and tabs seem noisy to me.

[Rik]

Gloves?

Tabs?

None for me thanks. I like my string triple served so I can shoot bare fingered. Mucho better for hunting where speed is sometimes of the essence. . .

[GRS]

Rik, Triple serving? Does that mean you serve up, then back down, then back up with 1 length of serving? Or do you serve normally, then start again with a new piece of serving, etc.? just curious as to the correct way. Thanks.
Gerald

Originally posted by GRS:
Rik, Triple serving? Does that mean you serve up, then back down, then back up with 1 length of serving? Or do you serve normally, then start again with a new piece of serving, etc.? just curious as to the correct way. Thanks.
Gerald

Rik,
Interesting...I ditto that question.

My first thought is the added weight to the string could impede performance...but maybe it is not significant.   This is a new one for me.

How do your fingers feel after shooting a couple hundred arrows?  I can see the benefit in a hunting situation tho...

Been a tab shooter since the late 60s...tried a klunky/fat HH glove and, like Dave mentioned, I could feel nothing but three huge, numb fingers in my face....lol

I will be ordering an American Leathers Big Shot that Spanky recommended.  AND....(ha) I will work with it diligently until I can make it work.....or, again, like Dave says, I can always go back to the tab because it ain't broke.

[3Under]

I like tabs better than gloves for two reasons. First is I'm sweat-hog. I usually only get a year out of leather gloves.
Secondly I get a better feel of my anchor point.

I make my own tabs out of Cordovan leather(lose 'em-never wear them out). I don't like regular cowhide or Latigo leather tabs. The only gloves I liked were ones that I cut the end of the glove anchor finger off so I could feel my anchor point.

Tried the triple serving but I'm not tough like Rik!

Different strokes ---- !

[Mudd]

I have a HH glove and periodically will give it more chances but always end up going back to my cordovan tabs.

I keep two tabs in my pockets at all times and one in my wallet.

I also like to feel my anchor.

God bless,Mudd

[Kapellmeister]

I started shooting with a Super Glove and thought it was great.  Mike Fedora convinced me to give a plain cordovan tab an honest try... I did and now I can't go back.  I also like feeling that anchor tooth.  Every now and then I'll try a few shots with the glove... no way!

[MikeM]

I too use the tab. I shot with a glove as a teenager and thought tabs were only for target shooters. Once I tried a tab I liked the feel of it so much that every time I have tried to go back to a glove in no time I ditch the glove and am back using the tab.

[David Mitchell]

I handed my grandson a tab recently as he was shooting his recurve.  I had started him with a glove as a younger kid (he's 18 next week)....he took a couple of shots and just looked at me and said, "Why have I not heard of these before?"  

[SpankyNeal]

If you take an open ended glove, like a HH, you can trim the leather back on the ends of the finger stalls so that the tips of your fingers are just barely exposed. This little mod allows you to feel that tooth very well, and I believe Howard did the same thing with his gloves...he anchored on a tooth also.

I've tried tabs and we don't see eye to eye LOL! I really can't stand the feel of that thing swinging on my hand while hunting either! I'm currently using the "Crossover Big Shot" and love it!